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Guinness PRO14 | ||||||||
Att.: 0 |
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WINS | |||||
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LOSSES | |||||
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DRAWS | |||||
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A late try from Angus O’Brien secured the derby day spoils in a nail-biting Guinness PRO14 Boxing Day clash against the Ospreys.
The Ospreys, playing as the official ‘home’ team at Parc y Scarlets, had led for the majority of a tense contest.
But with 71 minutes on the clock, a superb off-load from replacement Blade Thomson paved the way for full-back O’Brien to slice through and dive over for the crucial score.
Man of the match Dan Jones added the conversion to put the Scarlets in front for the first time and the West Walians were able to finish the match on the front foot to claim the annual festive bragging rights and a crucial win to keep them in the hunt in the Conference B standings.
O’Brien hadn’t been named in the original match-day 23, but was brought in at the 11th hour as a replacement for Johnny McNicholl.
In blustery conditions, Scarlets enjoyed the early pressure, but despite hammering away at the Ospreys line were unable to come away with any points.
Instead, it was the Ospreys who were first on the board after 14 minutes through the boot of fly-half Stephen Myler.
The opening quarter was proving a cagey affair with both sides unable to get any momentum going.
A moment of individual brilliance from scrum-half Reuben Morgan-Williams, who dummied and sprinted clear from 40 metres, extended the Ospreys’ lead on 22 minutes, but the Scarlets’ response was swift with Jones landing a penalty straight from the kick-off.
Jones hit the upright with another attempt, then a pin-point cross-field kick from Steff Hughes just evaded the grasp of wing Steff Evans with the line at his mercy.
A powerful scrum on the stroke of half-time led to a long-range penalty chance, but O’Brien’s strike drifted wide with the Ospreys going in ahead 8-3 at the break.
Myler extended his side’s lead early in the second half, but Jones kept Scarlets in it with his kicking out of hand and off the floor.
Two more penalties from the Carmarthen fly-half to one from Myler made it 14-9 going into the final moments.
Then the Scarlets struck.
With Thomson having a big impact off the bench, the back-rower plucked a ball out of the sky as the Scarlets surged forward. He was involved again soon after, producing a sublime pass to O’Brien who cut a great angle to the posts.
With only two points in it, the Scarlets showed their composure to make their way down field and set up camp in ‘home’ territory for the final minutes, denying the Ospreys any chance to snatch the win.
Scarlets | Ospreys | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wyn Jones | 1 | Gareth Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ryan Elias | 2 | Dewi Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Javan Sebastian | 3 | Tom Botha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake Ball | 4 | Adam Beard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Morgan Jones | 5 | Rhys Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Kennedy | 6 | Dan Lydiate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Macleod | 7 | Justin Tipuric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Uzair Cassiem | 8 | Morgan Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kieran Hardy | 9 | Reuben Morgan-Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Dan Jones | 10 | Stephen Myler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steffan Evans | 11 | Luke Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steffan Hughes | 12 | Scott Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jonathan Davies | 13 | Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Rogers | 14 | George North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Angus O'Brien | 15 | Dan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marc Jones | 16 | Ifan Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Price | 17 | Rhodri Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pieter Scholtz | 18 | Ma'afu Fia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tevita Ratuva | 19 | Lloyd Ashley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Blade Thomson | 20 | Sam Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gareth Davies | 21 | Rhys Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Costelow | 22 | Josh Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tyler Morgan | 23 | Keiran Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
14' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
17' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Rogers | |
17' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tyler Morgan | |
21' | Try | Reuben Morgan-Williams has scored a try | |
23' | Missed Conversion | Stephen Myler has missed the conversion | |
25' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
29' | Missed Penalty | Dan Jones has missed the penalty | |
40+' | Missed Penalty | Angus O'Brien has missed the penalty | |
42' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ma'afu Fia | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dewi Lake | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Botha | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ifan Phillips | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rhys Webb | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Reuben Morgan-Williams | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Pieter Scholtz | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Javan Sebastian | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Marc Jones | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Pieter Scholtz | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Elias | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
53' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
54' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kieran Hardy | |
54' | Replacement On | Replacement on Gareth Davies | |
55' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tevita Ratuva | |
55' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Morgan Jones | |
57' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Thomas | |
57' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rhodri Jones | |
59' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Uzair Cassiem | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Javan Sebastian | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Blade Thomson | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Pieter Scholtz | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
71' | Try | Angus O'Brien has scored a try | |
71' | Conversion | Dan Jones has kicked the conversion | |
72' | Replacement On | Replacement on Keiran Williams | |
72' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Scott Williams | |
79' | Missed Drop Goal | Dan Jones has missed the drop goal |
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Guinness PRO14 | ||||||||
Att.: 0 |
Ospreys | Scarlets | |
Reuben Morgan-Williams |
TRY |
Angus O'Brien |
- | CON |
Dan Jones |
Stephen Myler(3) |
PEN |
Dan Jones(3) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC | - |
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WINS | |||||
25 |
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17 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
17 |
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25 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
2 |
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2 |
Ospreys | Scarlets | |
Reuben Morgan-Williams |
TRY |
Angus O'Brien |
- | CON |
Dan Jones |
Stephen Myler(3) |
PEN |
Dan Jones(3) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC | - |
A late try from Angus O’Brien secured the derby day spoils in a nail-biting Guinness PRO14 Boxing Day clash against the Ospreys.
The Ospreys, playing as the official ‘home’ team at Parc y Scarlets, had led for the majority of a tense contest.
But with 71 minutes on the clock, a superb off-load from replacement Blade Thomson paved the way for full-back O’Brien to slice through and dive over for the crucial score.
Man of the match Dan Jones added the conversion to put the Scarlets in front for the first time and the West Walians were able to finish the match on the front foot to claim the annual festive bragging rights and a crucial win to keep them in the hunt in the Conference B standings.
O’Brien hadn’t been named in the original match-day 23, but was brought in at the 11th hour as a replacement for Johnny McNicholl.
In blustery conditions, Scarlets enjoyed the early pressure, but despite hammering away at the Ospreys line were unable to come away with any points.
Instead, it was the Ospreys who were first on the board after 14 minutes through the boot of fly-half Stephen Myler.
The opening quarter was proving a cagey affair with both sides unable to get any momentum going.
A moment of individual brilliance from scrum-half Reuben Morgan-Williams, who dummied and sprinted clear from 40 metres, extended the Ospreys’ lead on 22 minutes, but the Scarlets’ response was swift with Jones landing a penalty straight from the kick-off.
Jones hit the upright with another attempt, then a pin-point cross-field kick from Steff Hughes just evaded the grasp of wing Steff Evans with the line at his mercy.
A powerful scrum on the stroke of half-time led to a long-range penalty chance, but O’Brien’s strike drifted wide with the Ospreys going in ahead 8-3 at the break.
Myler extended his side’s lead early in the second half, but Jones kept Scarlets in it with his kicking out of hand and off the floor.
Two more penalties from the Carmarthen fly-half to one from Myler made it 14-9 going into the final moments.
Then the Scarlets struck.
With Thomson having a big impact off the bench, the back-rower plucked a ball out of the sky as the Scarlets surged forward. He was involved again soon after, producing a sublime pass to O’Brien who cut a great angle to the posts.
With only two points in it, the Scarlets showed their composure to make their way down field and set up camp in ‘home’ territory for the final minutes, denying the Ospreys any chance to snatch the win.
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Jake Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Morgan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Ed Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Jonathan Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Tom Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Angus O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Pieter Scholtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Tevita Ratuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Gareth Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Sam Costelow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ospreys | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Gareth Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Dewi Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Tom Botha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Adam Beard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Rhys Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Dan Lydiate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Justin Tipuric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Morgan Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Reuben Morgan-Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Stephen Myler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Luke Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Scott Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | George North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Dan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Ifan Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Rhodri Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Ma'afu Fia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Lloyd Ashley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Sam Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Rhys Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Josh Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Keiran Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
14' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
17' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Rogers | |
17' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tyler Morgan | |
21' | Try | Reuben Morgan-Williams has scored a try | |
23' | Missed Conversion | Stephen Myler has missed the conversion | |
25' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
29' | Missed Penalty | Dan Jones has missed the penalty | |
40+' | Missed Penalty | Angus O'Brien has missed the penalty | |
42' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ma'afu Fia | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dewi Lake | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Botha | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ifan Phillips | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rhys Webb | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Reuben Morgan-Williams | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Pieter Scholtz | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Javan Sebastian | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Marc Jones | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Pieter Scholtz | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Elias | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
53' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
54' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kieran Hardy | |
54' | Replacement On | Replacement on Gareth Davies | |
55' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tevita Ratuva | |
55' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Morgan Jones | |
57' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Thomas | |
57' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rhodri Jones | |
59' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Uzair Cassiem | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Javan Sebastian | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Blade Thomson | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Pieter Scholtz | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
71' | Try | Angus O'Brien has scored a try | |
71' | Conversion | Dan Jones has kicked the conversion | |
72' | Replacement On | Replacement on Keiran Williams | |
72' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Scott Williams | |
79' | Missed Drop Goal | Dan Jones has missed the drop goal |